Up your students’ knowledge and skills with Engineering Camp in a Box. Filled to the brim with fun, easy-to-use resources, this box has everything students need to engage, create, and investigate. 

Emergency Solar Water Heater Design Challenge Overview
With this fun-filled box, students design, construct, and test a solar water heater that people can store in their homes and then use after a natural disaster or another emergency. The solar water heater must use light from the Sun to increase the temperature of 1 liter of water to over 38 degrees C (100 degrees F) in under 30 minutes.

Who It’s For:
Middle schoolers (6th – 8th grade students) will find substantial value in this design challenge, equipped with all the necessary materials. Using the Argument-Driven Inquiry instructional model, students will explore natural hazards, energy and matter, and ratio and reasoning.

Standards Alignment
Click here to view a detailed standards alignment document for this design challenge. 

More details

• Serves up to 24 students working in small groups.
• Designed for 6th - 8th grade students.
• Takes approximately 12 hours and can be completed over the course of two to three days, but remains flexible to your group's needs.
• Before starting your Engineering Camp, take the self-paced online training to learn about the ADI instructional model, the specific design challenges, and how to efficiently administer an Engineering Camp for 24 to 1000+ students. 

Also Included!

• Community Building Box with supplies needed to complete five Engineering icebreakers to boost participation
• Group toolbox for optimal organization, which includes various engineering tools, such as scissors, hammers, pencils, markers, hobby snippers, screwdrivers, safety glasses, and more
  
• A teacher guide with lesson plans, discussion questions, and student handouts to guide students’ knowledge
• Online introduction video, digital downloads, and more

How many boxes should I purchase?
We recommend for every week (5 days) of camp you will need two Engineering Camp boxes per 24 students.